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Audio Spanish lessons are one of the best ways to learn Spanish or to bone up on your Spanish skills. With audio Spanish lessons you can learn or refresh your Spanish abilities while you do other things; something which is extremely appealing to those with a restricted amount of available time.
I've used Spanish audio tapes or MP3 files while performing wood working, yard work, jogging, walking, driving my automobile, and commuting on the train. With the increased popularity of MP3 players, you can take your audio Spanish lessons with you wherever you go if you choose a Spanish audio program that makes their audio files open as an MP3 file.
Using audio Spanish lessons allows you to multitask, so you can learn the Spanish language while you do almost any regular task. You can learn Spanish while working out at the gymnasium, gardening, cooking dinner or just about anything additional you like.
Naturally, not all audio Spanish lessons available on the market are similarly useful. I've attempted some that do no less than read off a list of Spanish phrases with no kind of context. When separated from their common place in conversational Spanish, this is next to pointless. This is the method taken by lots of the less expensive language learning programs that don't truly help you to learn the language; in fact, many of these programs actually make it appear a lot tougher to learn Spanish than it really is. There are much better options than these rote memorization type programs.
Among the better programs to get introduced to the language learning market in recent years are Learning Spanish Like Crazy and Rocket Spanish. These 2 programs can either be downloaded from the Net so they can be employed instantly or ordered for shipment on compact disks. These systems differ from the standard educational approach to teaching Spanish, concentrating on teaching the individual modern South American Spanish as it is used in every day conversations.
Besides the audio element of the program, Rocket Spanish also includes MegaVerbs, MegaAudio, and MegaVocab. These interactive games assist students to learn and more importantly, remember what they've learned.
Learning Spanish Like Crazy and Rocket Spanish both use the sort of method utilized in immersion classes, placing the individual instantly into conversational Spanish. Instead of requiring you to learn lists of words first, the student straight away starts using the language as it is actually used in South America, learning grammar and vocabulary as they progress.
The Rosetta Stone series of language learning programs provide a good computer based interactive learning experience and can help build up a solid foundation over a period. However, if you want to be ready to begin using your new language and get to a conversational level quickly, you will be disappointed. Nevertheless, if you combine Rosetta Stone with one of the more conversationally targeted programs mentioned above, then you'll have the best of two worlds and learning Spanish should come fast.
The popularity and efficiency of these systems have led a number of the competing older language learning programs to start copying their techniques and supply individuals with an interactive way to learn Spanish. However, it's an excellent idea to remain away from most of the cheaper language instruction programs, since they are sometimes either the old-school rote memorization approach of learning or clunky Rosetta Stone imitations that are tough to work poor quality programs and definitely not pleasurable methods to learn Spanish.
The good thing about the three programs mentioned above is that they address the reading of Spanish in addition to speaking skills. The Pimsleur Spanish language program also has good audio Spanish lessons, but it's notably short of addressing reading skills. However, augmented with further materials, it gives a good intro to conversational Spanish.